A popular former senator and 2004 vice presidential candidate presents an inspiring mosaic of how childhood homes and communities shape a person's adult life, in a collection of narratives by such figures as Stephen Spielberg, John Glenn, and Sugar Ray Leonard. 150,000 first printing.

Product Description: Cultural Writing. "In this lovely collection, girls and women of various ages and cultures explore disparate meanings of home. This important book brings together a range of intriguing voices, both familiar and new. They are voices from the gaps, voices of the future, voices that deserve, and demand, to be heard--Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston...read more

Product Description: Family traditions. Neighborly values. Community pride. In The Rocking Chair Reader series, readers are taken back in time to pre-1955 small-town America, where life was simpler and old-fashioned values meant something. Coming Home, the flagship title in this new inspirational series, features more than sixty true stories from ordinary folks who return to such small towns as ...read more

Product Description: Riveting, funny, pointed, and poignant, the 44 essays gathered in this anthology speak eloquently of dreams, memories, and the sometimes painful realities of the personal landscapes we call home. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An examination of the role that homes and houses have played in one woman's life reveals home to be both a sanctuary and a stifling trap that reveals people's innermost selves. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Twenty-six novelists, poets, and essayists share their personal thoughts on the world that surrounds them, providing an evocative celebration of diverse landscapes in works by W. S. Merwin, Sue Halpern, Reynolds Price, Andrei Condrescu, Gary Snyder, and Pam Houston. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: Is the American family a thing of the past? Almost anyone can tell a story that illustrates how dramatically things have changed in the past decades. Nonmarriage, childlessness and divorce are commonplace. Most children leave their parents' home and live for increasing periods before marriage as independent adults...read more

Twenty-seven gay writers--including Andrew Holleran and Christopher Bram--explore the places they think of as their homes and create a telling portrait of gay identity, culture, and community. Reprint.

Essays by six women from different backgrounds and age groups discuss the importance of maintaining a rich domestic life, addressing such issues as spring cleaning, home repair, privacy, self-reliance, and the dilemma of balancing domestic and professional lives